An E-Mail alias is simply
a forwarding e-mail address. Each e-mail alias you create
simply forwards e-mail on to any e-mail address that you specify.
E-Mail aliases are often used to create handy replacements
for long or difficult-to-remember e-mail addresses. They can
also be used to create generic e-mail addresses such as webmaster@yourcompany.com
and info@yourcompany.com.

For example, say
you want to create a webmaster e-mail alias on the
yourcompany.com Virtual Private Servers that automatically and
immediately forwards to your local ISP e-mail account, you@your-isp.com.
On the yourcompany.com Virtual Private Servers, you would create
an e-mail alias like this:

webmaster: you@your-isp.com

It's that easy! And
you can create as many e-mail aliases as you want on your
Virtual Private Servers: there's no limit!

An alias can have multiple recipients. For example:

webmaster: you@your-isp.com, someone@YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME

If you have a long list of recipients for an alias, you can use the include
option to look at a list. This also comes in handy if you need to change the list
frequently, since changing the list won't require you to run vnewaliases. To
include a list, use the following format:

listname: :include: /path/to/file

The list file is simply a text file containing one recipient's address per line.

There are a number of other things you can do with the aliases file. More
information can be found in the man page:

% man aliases

Creating Aliases

There are several methods you can use to create e-mail aliases
on your Virtual Private Servers.

iManager
iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web
browser to easily create e-mail aliases on your Virtual Private Servers.

Telnet/SSH
You can create e-mail aliases during a Telnet/SSH session
with your Virtual Private Servers. Connect to your Virtual Private Servers
via Telnet or SSH and do the following.

Add the e-mail
alias to your ~/etc/aliases file. Use an online
file editor, like pico, or transfer the file
to your PC in order to add the alias. Be sure to download
and upload the ~/etc/aliases file in ASCII
mode.

The e-mail
alias you create in your ~/etc/aliases file
should look something like this:

alias: e-mail_address

Run the vnewaliases
command.

% vnewaliases

Removing Aliases

Use the same methods to remove e-mail aliases from your Virtual Private Servers.

iManager
iManager Tools and Wizards allow you to use your own web
browser to easily remove e-mail aliases from your Virtual Private Servers.

Telnet/SSH
You can remove e-mail aliases during a Telnet/SSH session
with your Virtual Private Servers. Connect to your Virtual Private Servers
via Telnet or SSH and do the following.

Remove the
e-mail alias from your ~/etc/aliases file.
Use an online file editor, like pico, or transfer
the file to your PC in order to remove the alias.
Be sure to download and upload the ~/etc/aliases
file in ASCII mode.